Isn't it about time we renamed 'Ex-EU'?

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Sep 18, 2015, 4:12 am

#46

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Originally Posted by njf63

How about "exju ?

As in "ex juris" or outside the jurisdiction of the UK...

One to keep the armchair lawyers going for weeks

Or indeed "RPMS" fares as per the French expression "reculer pour mieux sauter"

Sep 18, 2015, 4:32 am

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I'm going to put in another vote for keeping it as ex-EU, but if we must change, then how about calling them FOOBIEs - Flight Originating Outside Britain in Europe

Sep 18, 2015, 4:37 am

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Originally Posted by riku2

But it also took me a while to realise that in this forum "LH" normally refers to long haul and not Lufthansa like it does in most other forums about airlines.

^

Where relevant, I use LH for Lufthansa and l/h for longhaul.

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Originally Posted by Land-of-Miles

Euro in this context refers only to beyond the country of origin and has nothing to do with the EU, The European Continent or any specific Geography.

Nah, it's a currency (€) used by many but not all EU countries and certainly not in Norway.

I have often bought €-denominated fares from EU countries but never from Norway.

Sep 18, 2015, 5:27 am

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Originally Posted by cosmo74

I'm going to put in another vote for keeping it as ex-EU, but if we must change, then how about calling them FOOBIEs - Flight Originating Outside Britain in Europe

Sep 18, 2015, 5:35 am

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Originally Posted by cosmo74

I'm going to put in another vote for keeping it as ex-EU, but if we must change, then how about calling them FOOBIEs - Flight Originating Outside Britain in Europe

How about:

FOOBIETWVCAYTPSHNWDRMIBDSWCIs - Flight Originating Outside Britain in Europe that was very cheap and you the passenger should have noticed we didn't really mean it but didn't so we cancelled it.

Sep 18, 2015, 7:13 am

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Originally Posted by Up In The Air

Call me a pedant, but seeing as LHR is in the EU and OSL isn't, is it not inaccurate to describe an itinerary starting in Norway and routing through the UK as 'ex-EU'?

Wouldn't 'ex-mainland Europe' or something like that be better?

You Jimmy Savile types have no shame...

Sep 18, 2015, 7:34 am

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You Jimmy Savile types have no shame...

What does that mean?

Sep 18, 2015, 8:15 am

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I suggest we start calling them 'code 50' fares.
It has some meaning, because 50 is roughly the number of countries in Europe, but it is also cryptic enough that it will reduce the likelihood of these fares becoming known to muggles...